Randolfe Rodrigues

{{Short description|Brazilian journalist and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Randolfe Rodrigues

| image = Senadores da 56ª Legislatura - Randolfe Rodrigues (46149534405).jpg

| office = Senator for Amapá

| term_start = 1 February 2011

| term_end =

| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Amapá

| term_start1 = 1 January 1999

| term_end1 = 1 January 2007

| constituency1 = At-large

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

| party = PT (2024–present)

| otherparty = {{Plainlist|

• PT (1990–2005)
• PSOL (2005–2015)
• REDE (2015–2023)

}}

| spouse = {{Marriage|Priscila Barbosa|28 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/randolfe-se-casa-com-advogada-em-cerimonia-que-deve-ter-lula-chico-buarque-e-caetano-veloso/|title=Randolfe se casa com advogada em cerimônia que deve ter Lula, Chico Buarque e Caetano Veloso|website=CNN Brasil|language=pt-br|date=27 July 2023|accessdate=28 July 2023}}

| occupation = Journalist and history teacher

| website = {{URL|https://www.randolferodrigues.com.br}}

}}

Randolph Frederich Rodrigues Alves ({{IPA|pt|ʁɐ̃ˈdowfi ʁoˈdɾiges}}; Garanhuns, 6 November 1972) is a Brazilian journalist and politician. Since 2011, Rodrigues serves as a Senator for the state of Amapá, was the most voted in the state's history in the 2010 Elections.{{cite web|title=Senador Randolfe Rodrigues|url=http://www.senado.gov.br/senadores/dinamico/paginst/senador5012a.asp|website=Brazilian Federal Senate|accessdate=12 June 2017}}

He was opposed to Dilma Rousseff's impeachment process and defended that Vice-President Michel Temer would also have to be removed should it pass, proposing new presidential elections.{{cite web|title=Randolph Frederich Rodrigues Alves|url=http://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/randolph-frederich-rodrigues-alves|website=Fundação Getulio Vargas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122210646/http://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/randolph-frederich-rodrigues-alves |accessdate=14 May 2023|archive-date=2022-01-22 }} In the 2018 elections, he was re-elected senator, and become the leader of the opposition to the Bolsonaro government that lasted from 2019 to 2022.